Terms of Refuge: The Indochinese Exodus and the International ResponseFor half a century (ever since the Japanese invasion of 1942), much of Southeast Asia has been racked by war. In the last 20 years alone, some three million people fled their homes in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. This book is their story. It is also the story of the international community's response. Spearheading this was the United Nations agency responsible, UNHCR. It pioneered innovations like the Orderly Departure Programme, anti-piracy and rescue-at-sea efforts, and later on, ambitious reintegration projects for returnees. Today the camps in Southeast Asia are closed. Half a million people have returned home. Over two million have started new lives in the United States, Canada, Australia and France. |
Contents
The Year of Leaving Dangerously | 39 |
Pushback at Preah Vihear | 45 |
Ships of Mercy Ships of Prey | 59 |
Cambodians on the Border | 66 |
Repatriation and Relocation | 74 |
UNBRO and the Border Camps | 80 |
A Tale of Two Refugee Cities | 89 |
50 | 100 |
Pushbacks and Border Screening | 116 |
6 | 123 |
Things Fall Apart | 160 |
The Comprehensive Plan of Action | 187 |
Roads Back Home | 231 |
Aftermath | 272 |
Cumulative IndoChinese Arrivals Departures and Residual | 294 |
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